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Wal-Mart cancels online video download service

article published on 27 December, 2007

Wal-Mart has quietly canceled its online video download service, less than a year after the retailer began the service. The download site was shut down last week after HP discontinued the technology that powered the site and service. A Wal-Mart spokesperson said the retailer will not be looking for another partner. A spokesperson for HP said the company discontinued the technology ... [ read the full article ]

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ZippyDSM
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_ 		27. December 2007 @ 22:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
walmart needs a cheap online distro setup that can be safe for them to push media mafia offerings.
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7thsinger
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_ 		28. December 2007 @ 08:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Wal-Mart's online store must have failed miserably. Currently, download sales equal about 1 percent of the $24.5 billion in DVD and home video sales and rentals in 2006 but the number is expected to grow substantially over the next decade. Perhaps then, Wal-Mart will jump into the online movie download business again.
Yeah, maybe after they've full recouped from the losses this time around.
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emugamer
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_ 		28. December 2007 @ 11:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Walmarts are everywhere. Why would they want to try an online download service when they always have huge bins of $5.00 DVD's and they're more mainstream DVD's are also extremely cheap.
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7thsinger
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_ 		28. December 2007 @ 12:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Because they - like everyone else - want to seek more avenues to make more money. They tried this, it didn't work so well this time.
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ZippyDSM
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_ 		28. December 2007 @ 16:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by 7thsinger:
 Because they - like everyone else - want to seek more avenues to make more money. They tried this, it didn't work so well this time.

Crappy service is what killed it plus the service die3d so they could not continue it.
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borhan9
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_ 		29. December 2007 @ 18:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there going to be a lawsuit in regards to all this or what.
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wazzat
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_ 		5. January 2008 @ 20:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Walmart had a video download service? I must not have belonged to Afterdawn last Feb.
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7thsinger
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_ 		5. January 2008 @ 20:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by wazzat:
 Walmart had a video download service? I must not have belonged to Afterdawn last Feb.
Exactly why they died out. I believe zippy in saying the service was lacking, but also there was not much press about it.
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